Am 09.09.2012 18:19, schrieb Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.:
>> Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
>>
>>
> There's no place for me to do that.(is there?) I mean it's not like I am
> logging out and logging back in as
> root...(AM I?) sometimes I feel SO stupid!...LoL!
which place?
* open wh
Am 09.09.2012 05:37, schrieb Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.:
> This is oddI KNOW the file is there because I've navigated to it using
> Nautilus and SEE it with my own
> eyesbut it WON'T show in a Terminal?...even AFTER I've entered the
> commands for listing files?
>
> total 564
> drwx--.
It sometimes boggles the mind how much the "Average User" DOESN'T know
about the system they're using! (I myself am guilty of this very crime!)
EGO II
On 09/10/2012 04:38 AM, Roger wrote:
Actually with Windows 7 (and apparently Vista, too) it is more like you
are logged in to an account th
Actually with Windows 7 (and apparently Vista, too) it is more like you
are logged in to an account that is more or less sort of (and more weasel
words) equivalent to a Linux account in the wheel group for running sudo.
You CAN do "most" "root" commands; but, you must perform a GUI based
equival
On 2012/09/09 19:02, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/09/2012 09:02 PM, Roger wrote:
On 09/10/2012 10:29 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/09/2012 08:26 PM, Doug wrote:
Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
Several folks have answered this: you have to access the editor
from
On 09/09/2012 09:02 PM, Roger wrote:
On 09/10/2012 10:29 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/09/2012 08:26 PM, Doug wrote:
Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
Several folks have answered this: you have to access the editor
from the command line. Even if it's a GUI editor. So if
On 9/9/2012 9:02 PM, Roger wrote:
> On 09/10/2012 10:29 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>> On 09/09/2012 08:26 PM, Doug wrote:
>>>
>> Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
>>
>>
> Several folks have answered this: you have to access the editor
> from the command line. Ev
On 09/10/2012 10:29 AM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/09/2012 08:26 PM, Doug wrote:
Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
Several folks have answered this: you have to access the editor
from the command line. Even if it's a GUI editor. So if you want to
use gedit, or Kate, you'd
On 09/09/2012 08:26 PM, Doug wrote:
Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
Several folks have answered this: you have to access the editor
from the command line. Even if it's a GUI editor. So if you want to
use gedit, or Kate, you'd have to go to a terminal, and become root,
either by
Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
Several folks have answered this: you have to access the editor
from the command line. Even if it's a GUI editor. So if you want to
use gedit, or Kate, you'd have to go to a terminal, and become root,
either by su > password > Kate, or sudo Kate.
On 09/09/2012 07:20 PM, Roger wrote:
On 09/10/2012 07:07 AM, Doug wrote:
On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word E
On 09/10/2012 07:07 AM, Doug wrote:
On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
On 09/09/2012 05:07 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
file, then to save the file
Exit ge
On 09/09/2012 04:31 PM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 12:19 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam
On Sun, 2012-09-09 at 12:19 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> >> On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
> >>> Try gedit.
> >>>
> >>> sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
> >>> put a # in
On 09/09/2012 11:05 AM, DB wrote:
On 09/09/2012 02:00 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Sound advice indeedand slowly but surely I'm getting the hang of
itbut like..what you just described would have been for
me?.a TOTAL re-installation of EVERYTHING!..I wonder
On 09/09/2012 10:03 AM, Aaron Konstam wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
file, then to save the file
Exit ge
On 09/09/2012 08:50 AM, Pete Geenhuizen wrote:
sudo /etc/freshclam.conf
Thanks for this.after all o it...it STILL won't show me that the
vidurs definition files are up to date..hmm.wonder if an
un-install - re-install would help?.or else I'll just look at some
of the othe
On 09/09/2012 08:32 AM, Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:59 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
I guess THIS is the reason a lot of people won't live
Windowsbecause there's just TOO much information to
absorbat times I almost feel like crawling back into my
"Regedit" / "Task Manager"
> Just become root (su -) and edit the file.
i can't understand why people quote 200 lines to reply with only one line
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On 09/09/2012 01:49 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Wow! You understand the indecipherable -- Regedit, wow, Linux is easy
after that!
Back when I was doing tech support for an ISP, I kept a shortcut to
Regedit on my desktop. Of course, after a few months, I almost n
On 09/09/2012 02:00 PM, users-requ...@lists.fedoraproject.org wrote:
Sound advice indeedand slowly but surely I'm getting the hang of
itbut like..what you just described would have been for
me?.a TOTAL re-installation of EVERYTHING!..I wonder if there's
a "manual" with all the
On 09/09/2012 01:11 AM, Roger wrote:
On 09/09/2012 01:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:40 PM, Roger wrote:
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in
the Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal
part of the operating system.
Wel
On 09/09/2012 01:07 AM, Doug wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:40 PM, Roger wrote:
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in
the Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal
part of the operating system.
Well
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:39 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
> > Try gedit.
> >
> > sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
> > put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
> > file, then to save the file
> > Exit gedit and in the terminal
This is a directory listing of your home directory. Try ls -l
/etc/fresh*, if it's still there you need to edit that file. The file
is owned by root, therefore you won't be able to edit it as yourself but
will need to edit it as root.
To edit the file as root you have a choice, either use su
On Sat, 2012-09-08 at 23:59 -0400, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> I guess THIS is the reason a lot of people won't live
> Windowsbecause there's just TOO much information to
> absorbat times I almost feel like crawling back into my
> "Regedit" / "Task Manager" hole and staying there
And h
On 09/08/2012 10:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Wow! You understand the indecipherable -- Regedit, wow, Linux is easy
after that!
Back when I was doing tech support for an ISP, I kept a shortcut to
Regedit on my desktop. Of course, after a few months, I almost never
used it (or had callers back up the
On 09/09/2012 01:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:40 PM, Roger wrote:
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in
the Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal part
of the operating system.
Well, yes and no.
Rather it demands suff
On 09/08/2012 11:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 11:40 PM, Roger wrote:
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in
the Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal part
of the operating system.
Well, yes and no.
Rather it demands suff
On 09/09/2012 12:20 AM, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 09/08/2012 08:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
And I guess THIS is the reason a lot of people won't live
Windowsbecause there's just TOO much information to absorb
I have a friend who's (among other things) a computer and political
columni
On 09/08/2012 08:59 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
And I guess THIS is the reason a lot of people won't live
Windowsbecause there's just TOO much information to absorb
I have a friend who's (among other things) a computer and political
columnist. I've both seen and heard him describ
On 09/08/2012 11:40 PM, Roger wrote:
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in the
Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal part of
the operating system.
Well, yes and no.
Rather it demands sufficient knowledge to work on problems as they
occur.
T
This demonstrates one of the problems Linux generically suffers in the
Desktop world. It demands too much knowledge of the internal part of the
operating system.
Well, yes and no.
Rather it demands sufficient knowledge to work on problems as they occur.
This was discussed many years ago and I
On 09/08/2012 11:11 PM, Roger wrote:
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
file, then to save the file
Exit gedit and in the terminal type sudo freshclam and it will go and
get the virus files.
Roger
Interestingly en
On 09/08/2012 11:06 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:45 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:14 PM, jdow wrote:
Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the
default
example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine
which
is running Scienti
On 09/08/2012 11:06 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:45 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:14 PM, jdow wrote:
Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the
default
example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine
which
is running Scienti
Try gedit.
sudo gedit /etc/mfreshclam.conf
put a # in front of the word Example, a few lies fromt he top of the
file, then to save the file
Exit gedit and in the terminal type sudo freshclam and it will go and
get the virus files.
Roger
Interestingly enough, I don't have "nano" OR "pico"..
On 09/08/2012 10:45 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:14 PM, jdow wrote:
Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the
default
example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine
which
is running Scientific Linux 6.3 which is a rebuild of r
On 09/08/2012 10:37 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
On 09/08/2012 10:07 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here,
but here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions
files...
ERROR
On 09/08/2012 10:14 PM, jdow wrote:
Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the
default
example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine which
is running Scientific Linux 6.3 which is a rebuild of redHat RHEL 6.3.
===8<---
##
## Example config file for
On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
wrote:
> On 09/08/2012 10:07 PM, Doug wrote:
>>
>> On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>
>>> So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
>>> here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus defin
On 09/08/2012 10:07 PM, Doug wrote:
On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions
files...
ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/freshclam.c
On 09/08/2012 10:01 PM, Larry wrote:
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Hash: SHA512
On 09/08/2012 08:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files...
ERROR: Plea
Um, yes, edit the configuration file. I generally speaking took the default
example configuration. These are the first few lines for MY machine which
is running Scientific Linux 6.3 which is a rebuild of redHat RHEL 6.3.
===8<---
##
## Example config file for freshclam
## Please read the freshcla
On 09/08/2012 09:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files...
ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/freshclam.conf
ERROR: Can't open/parse the config
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA512
On 09/08/2012 08:49 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
> So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
> here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files...
>
>
> ERROR: Please edit the example config fil
So I've gone ahead and taken some recommendations of others here, but
here's what I get when I try to update my Clam virus definitions files...
ERROR: Please edit the example config file /etc/freshclam.conf
ERROR: Can't open/parse the config file /etc/freshclam.conf
Is there something I'm miss
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